JULY 26TH. - LOWESTOFT, AND ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. A British bombing aeroplane had come down in flames off Southwold, but her crew were lost. - Rewards : Lowestoft, £11 15s. ; Aldeburgh, £49 2s..
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Since its opening in 2004, The Lifeboat College has become firmly established as the home of RNLI training. Crew and lifeguard training is the College’s most important purpose, but it has also been doing a fi ne job fundraising. Last year...
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Broken mast A RED BAY CREW MEMBER, N. Murray, saw from his home a sailing dinghy in trouble on Saturday, June 12. He informed the deputy launching authority and the call out was signalled at 1915.
The ILB launched three...
Mr. F. G. Reed, honorary secretary at Itfracotnbe, believes that a life-boat picture gallery is a major attraction at any holiday resort with a life-boat. Elsewhere the same view is held. Here Mr. D. Harvey, of Cromer, is pictured with his... - View image in PDF
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THE following is a copy of a Circular which has been addressed by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the local Committees of its several Life-boat Branches on the coasts of the United Kingdom. The Circular explains at length the...
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On the 19th November, the No. 1 Lifeboat Mark Lane was called out on service at 10 A.M., by signals shown by the dandy M. A. Watkin, of Grimsby, which, having lost all her canvas in the storm of the previous night, had been compelled to run...
MARCH 13TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
At 4.17 A.M. the coastguard reported that the naval examination vessel was ashore inside the New South Pier, and needed help.
A strong N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough...
JULY 2ND. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel had been reported on fire six miles S.E by S. of Berry Head, but the Torbay life-boat could find nothing. Next day the life-boats at Exmouth and Torbay were launched to a vessel reported to be...
NOV. 23RD. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 8 A.M. Mrs. R. W. Hathaway, La Dame de Sark, telephoned that a French trawler had anchored near Havre Gosselin, Sark. A fresh S.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. At 8.25 A.M.. the motor...